NASA’s Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets

The Roman Coronagraph is integrated with the Instrument Carrier for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in October 2024. (Image credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde) In a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial componentContinue Reading

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 136 —SpaceX Ascendant

SpaceX Ascendant – Can Anyone Compete? – YouTube Watch On On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with journalist and author Eric Berger about the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s future in US politics and the market. At this point, can anyone compete with SpaceX? Love himContinue Reading

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has just successfully completed its second successful launch using its new Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicle. ULA is one of two major US companies contracted to launch Space Force and spy agency satellites into orbit. Meanwhile, the Space Force has recently added another $1.8 billion toContinue Reading

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German standardization, testing and certification organization VDE has used Yokogawa Test & Measurement’s WT3000E power meter to provide a measurement setup for manufacturers to calibrate metering products for the EV charging market. Creating a measurement system that complies with the EU Measuring Instruments Directive and Germany’s Measurement and Calibration ActContinue Reading

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US-based paint and specialty materials manufacturer PPG has developed a new method for applying battery fire protection coatings, called Intelligent Dynamic Non-Masking Airless Application (IDNMAA). PPG says the battery fire protection coatings they developed are highly adaptable, enabling them to accommodate any battery pack design—an essential feature as packs becomeContinue Reading

NASA Kennedy’s Applied Chemistry Lab Achieves Agency First

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has a long record of achievements in sustainability and recently added another to the list when the spaceport’s Applied Chemistry Lab became the first in the agency to be certified for its environmentally conscious practices. The My Green Lab Certification recognizes sustainability best practices in research facilities around theContinue Reading